The Crew

Why, might you ask, name this blog Motley Crew....could it be that I am quietly a follower of the band by a similar name perhaps...

The truth be told, in 1972 I joined the staff of my college newspaper, which ran under the flag of "The Buccaneer". In addition to my journalistic duties of following earthshaking leads on tainted jello in the cafeteria and a leaking roof in the gym, I was given the opportunity to voice my soul in a column for the Editorials page. Given the fact that my Dad had always had us spending our summers rolling the waves in his boat - first aboard the "Spinner" when I was small and later the "Desire" named for the streetcar, a nod to his own youth as skipper of the streetcar that had rolled up and down the 35degree counterbalance in Seattle with or without brakes - but I digress.... my history aboard the boat with my brothers (as my sister I think would never have set foot aboard) it just seemed a natural that for the Buccanner, I would be the Motley Crew.

My column ran for two years, occasionally being the source of humor, more often the cause of a few winces on the part of the Staff Advisor - but most often it ran unretouched and rife with quips, quotes, jabs at the politics of the day, college life, and the never-ending topic of the VietNam war. It was my best outlet, my moment of fame, my window into a world which at the time seemed vague and distant. Today I see that it was a window I am glad I never really closed. And as for the Crue - I am glad to share the name.